On 20-Mar-97, objet petit a scribbled something about (idm) "you gotta
represent":
quoted 4 lines ...But it sells. There's not so much of a difference between being the
>...But it sells. There's not so much of a difference between being the
>one who habitually gawks at Lashonda screaming down Phoenicia for having
>taken her man away and being either Lashonda or Phoenicia. The customers
>of the product find themselves reflected in it.
yep. Well I don't think they find themselves reflected in it, at least not
most people I know. They just think it's damn funny. especially ppl from
other countries, they can't believe that there are such types of people :)
there's a lot of british ppl who are in the audience of those shows too if
you notice. and they are all seemingly laughing at the ppl or asking them
questions which for most people are basic knowledge, and it makes the people
look like morons. :D
quoted 2 lines "Ricki Lake" represents *exactly* both what Americans like and what they
>"Ricki Lake" represents *exactly* both what Americans like and what they
>*are* like. Crass, doltish, and given to toothless scandal.
So what else is new? every drama on TV has some kind of scandal.
quoted 6 lines And as for 'Friends', well, that inane show, if the people I know who
>And as for 'Friends', well, that inane show, if the people I know who
>watch it are any indication, it represents exactly what most young
>Americans *want* to be like. Or what they are already, given a minor
>adjustment of sociological demographics from the case of 'Ricki Lake' -
>and in which case the high ratings can be accounted for by the most base
>gen-x narcissism.
Friends is well trippy.. ;)
quoted 1 line Hating America, where it's all Sub-Culture,
>Hating America, where it's all Sub-Culture,
heh well I don't like it too much, but I don't care about the part you're
talking about much, it's moreso the crime, the ban-everything syndrome, and
some other political stuff.
Just my 1 FIM :)
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